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Report
No. 2: EQUIPMENT USED FOR SAMPLING BED LOAD AND BED MATERIAL 1940.
A review of the equipment and methods used in bed-load and bed-material
sampling in a manner similar to that in which Report No. 1 covers the
sampling of suspended sediment. Similar
information is found in Geological Survey Water‑Supply Paper 1748,
"Apparatus and Techniques for measuring Bedload" by D. W. Hubbell,
available from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office,
Washington, D.C., 20402.

ReportNo. 4: METHODS OF
ANALYZING SEDIMENT SAMPLES 1941. Describes
many methods for determining the size of small particles and for establishing
the particle-size gradation and the total concentration of sediment in
samples. Detailed instructions
are given for many of the common methods that have been developed and used by
agencies doing exten­sive work in sedimentation.

Report No. 14: DETERMINATION
OF FLUVIAL SEDIMENT DISCHARGE 1963.
This report reviews the equipment, practices, and some of the basic concepts
of fluvial sediment investigations. Fundamental
concepts of sediment transport are described. General principles of sediment
discharge measurements are discussed as
well as the practical aspects of selecting sam­pling points and of
determin­ing frequency of sam­pling. Depth-integrating, point-integrating,
single-stage, and
pumping type suspended-sediment samples and bed-material samplers are
discussed.